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California's governor wants to know why the state power grid managers were forced to initiate rolling blackouts as a heatwave bakes the state. Also, after six straight days of a case rate of fewer than 100 positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 people in San Diego, Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday said it was "very likely" the county would come off the state's monitoring list by Tuesday. Plus, California is ill-prepared to protect the nearly 2 million older Californians living in areas where wildfire is a formidable threat.

The new Apple TV+ series feels far removed from the comedies Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have become known for.

Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state. With The Salt Lake Tribune, an examination of police training, tactics, and accountability; and racial disparities in the way force is used.

Large majorities of Californians are worried about getting coronavirus and the impact of the pandemic on their pocketbooks, according to a recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.

There are attempts across the nation to reimagine public safety. In Baltimore, the Safe Streets program seeks to stem violence by interrupting it before it happens. The work can be dangerous.

President Trump on Tuesday issued a memorandum calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from the census count. The Constitution requires every person living in the U.S. be counted. Plus, an experimental vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca is showing promise, according to a new study. Also, California is allowing barbershops, hair and nail salons to reopen if they move their operations outside, but an industry group says some shops may not be able to get the accommodations required from their landlords, neighbors and or other businesses. And, even with aid from the state, with many businesses closed because of the pandemic, the situation for California’s undocumented workers remains perilous. Finally, during the pandemic quarantine, social media can be a lifeline that allows people to keep connected but it also can steal people’s attention in large chunks of time that can easily get out of hand.

It’s heroic stuff, nothing short of a revolution in energy production that could save the planet! Nuclear fusion holds the promise of endless clean, cheap energy … the big game-changer for climate change. But it’s all been a fantasy, till now.

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

On Wednesday, lawmakers grilled the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and asked him to explain questions raised in inewsource’s recent investigation about whether the VA is restricting veterans’ access to health care.

Adults "can see us as serious or they can see us as a joke," one of the kids says. "A lawsuit is not a joke," her brother adds. The European Court of Human Rights has fast-tracked their 2020 lawsuit.